Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Reputation of firm? Of course it is super helpful if a VC can drop you in to important people for business development, recruiting, PR, sales and eventually M&A. Picking a VC is hard. You don’t really have much to go on to decide who would make a good fit. Of partner? Deals done in your industry? Connections?

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 17, 2020

intellectual properties or proprietary technologies) are giving you a competitive advantage, what makes your brand attractive to its target audience, and what tangible or intangible attributes are elevating your reputation in the marketplace. Create content that can effectively progress your prospects down the sales funnel.

Marketing 108

Marketing Intellectual Property eCommerce Advertising 108

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 15, 2022

If all else fails, your advisor may be able to salvage the sale by reengaging other interested parties. The first step in creating a business plan to sell your startup to an acquirer is to create a valuation of your company. They can evaluate buyers based on reputation, history, goals, and ability to complete the acquisition.

Merger 130

Merger Acquisition Due Diligence Valuation 130

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Some angel groups have a reputation for slow decision making processes and not enough value add. I can say that you should do your homework to find out the reputation. There are more sales oriented tools like JigSaw that tech savvy people hate but sales savvy people love. And each town has their own group.

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Silicon Valley Ireland Technical Review Valuation 291

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 24, 2020

Whether you’re interested in selling a website you built from scratch, or want to sell your Amazon-based B2C brand, there are many different baseline factors that go into determining an appropriate website valuation number. While it’s true that valuations can get quite technical, the basics are relatively easy to understand.

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eCommerce Valuation B2C Revenue 91

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Asset valuation. The concept of asset valuation may seem counterintuitive, but it is an important idea. Most financial valuation formulas value an asset by discounting the asset using the cost of capital (interest rate) to the present day. Compared to Accounting, Finance is ruthlessly forward looking.

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Founder Valuation Dividend Startup 117

ReadWriteStart

MARCH 24, 2011

First up, Priyanshu Harshavat, from Evanston, Illinois, presented Socioclean , a service for cleaning up your reputation on social networks. Campus sales reps is a good strategy that Chris is experimenting with, as well as marketing to camp directors. Our co-host for the program was TiE Midwest, based in Chicago.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

A tech bubble is the rapid inflation in the valuation of public and private technology companies that exceeds their fundamental value by a large margin. Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation.

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Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 327

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 22, 2020

From plot to sale: The path of property entrepreneurship. If credit is inexpensive, more investors will enter the market, but if rates are high, it will have the effect of depressing sales. Another area that investors should look into is the valuation of the property. Property owners need to work with a reputable broker.

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Management Valuation Finance Demand 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2013

At this stage you were expecting to be working on creating a good business valuation to attract future buyers, or at least funding college accounts for your kids. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Raise the marketing bar. Today, marketing is all about immediacy.

Entrepreneur 234

Entrepreneur Vertical Reputation Valuation 234

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2012

At this stage you were expecting to be working on creating a good business valuation to attract future buyers, or at least funding college accounts for your kids. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Raise the marketing bar. Today, marketing is all about immediacy.

Startup 236

Startup Vertical Reputation Valuation 236

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 28, 2011

At this stage you were expecting to be working on creating a good business valuation to attract future buyers, or at least funding college accounts for your kids. It’s important to stand up to competition and wear your reputation on your sleeve. Raise the marketing bar. Today, marketing is all about immediacy.

Startup 230

Startup Vertical Reputation Valuation 230

Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2016

When asked how he figured out who his target market was, he responded, “I looked at the volume of sales in my city, from the property valuation administrator, and then looked for the ‘sweet spot.’ Essentially, your reputation is your brand. Branding tip #1: Your reputation is all down to your relationships.

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Reputation Cofounder Naming Business Plan 60

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

For startup founders and CEO’s it’s also just as common to see them place too much focus on the amount of money raised, and the pre-money valuation, rather than the value that each investor can bring to the table. Perhaps you know a Marketer, a Developer or Sales Manager that could fill a gap in one of the startups you back.

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Pre-Money Valuation Seed Stage IP Deal Flow 187

Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 5, 2020

If you have developed a great reputation and have clients that keep coming back to do business with you, your business will be much more valuable and easier to sell than a business that is trying to run away from a bad reputation. Depending on how your business stacks up in the above criteria, that valuation can vary from 1.8

Private Equity 52

Private Equity CPA Equity Reputation 52

Software By Rob

APRIL 2, 2014

A common problem sellers run in to is that when it comes to sell, the monthly subscribers cannot be transferred to a new owner – which is where the majority of business value lies and is an essential element of the sale. Make sure any personal branding you use for marketing or for the product itself is phased out prior to sale.

Affiliate 67

Affiliate Valuation Reputation Sales 67

Gust

JULY 23, 2012

To qualify for a deduction, the donation must be accompanied by an independent valuation appraisal. This is not always feasible or advisable in the case of private stock, and it also reduces the amount contributed (as the donor would need to pay tax upon sale of the stock). Deductions are against ordinary income. in excess of $25,000).

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Stock Capital Gains Warrant Stock Options 114

Software By Rob

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Once the seller indicated a sale might be possible I asked for the first 3 from the list above, asked for a few more in a subsequent email, and so on. I added prominent calls to actions on the most visited pages to funnel people into the sales flow. Number of new paid accounts per month. Stuff like finding contracts, escrow, etc….

Acquisition 53

Acquisition Software Review Technical Review NDA 53

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

What the entrepreneurs were really saying is, “I don’t want to take a lower valuation now, while I don’t have customers or a full team. They can occur legitimately in a company whose valuation skyrockets unexpectedly as in, “your last round was at $50 million and you want to raise 9 months later at $750 million.

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Ratchet Liquidation Preference Equity Stock 354

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

OCTOBER 23, 2012

Outspoken investor Paul Kedrosky characterizes Color’s reputation: “It’s become a punch line. Witness, for example, this terrific Fast Company article on Bill Nguyen , serial entrepreneur who’s seventh startup “Color” famously raised $41m for a new mobile app before it even launched.

IPO 240

IPO Flash Bootstrapping Private Equity 240

Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Another great, possibly business-saving tip, from Charlie is when working on your budget, your total Occupancy costs should be no more than 8% of gross sales. So, whether you bring in $15,000 a week or $25,000 a week in sales, you make it work because there is no other option. But, in the end, the restaurateur makes it work.

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Boston New York Hosting Cost 120

View from Seed

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

In 2010, we were recruiting for a Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Backupify, and it was clear that many of the people I was interviewing wanted the CEO role. It’s nice to get great valuations and hire A-players. Disclosure: NextView was not an investor in Backupify.). Keep at it. Be pragmatic. But sometimes you can’t.

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Founder Startup Cofounder Business Model 120

Eric Friedman

JUNE 27, 2016

I have seen what I call “predatory advisors” come in and really mess up a cap table by promising big intros and sales contracts only to disappear after the first 6-12 months. So what most companies do is get FMV from a 409A valuation and use that for their strike price. Tread cautiously here.

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Equity Vesting Cap Table Common Stock 98

Software By Rob

APRIL 2, 2014

A common problem sellers run in to is that when it comes to sell, the monthly subscribers cannot be transferred to a new owner – which is where the majority of business value lies and is an essential element of the sale. Make sure any personal branding you use for marketing or for the product itself is phased out prior to sale.

Affiliate 27

Affiliate Valuation Reputation Sales 27

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

I’ve also, of course, been spending a lot of time talking about this with our rapidly growing sales team at data.world. that the leaders in your sales prospects attend and read, you won’t know if you are passionate about that industry. Second, on that point of respect you need to create a sales-driven culture.

Software Review 48

Software Review Sales Cofounder Analytics 48

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Another concept we need to introduce now is valuation. I say "in theory" because in early stageinvesting, valuations are voodoo. As a company gets more established,its valuation gets closer to an actual market value. As a company gets more established,its valuation gets closer to an actual market value. Better how?

Technical Review 76

Technical Review Startup Software Review Angel Investor 76

abovethecrowd.com

APRIL 20, 2016

One key to this population growth has been the remarkable ease of the Unicorn fundraising process: Pick a new valuation well above your last one, put together a presentation deck, solicit offers, and watch the hundreds of million of dollars flow into your bank account. By January of 2016, that number had ballooned to 229.

IPO 40

IPO Term Sheet Silicon Valley Valuation 40

reidhoffman.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

Friendster’s valuation set the tone for the entire social networking space. Creating the right incentives and reputation system would lead to a directory people would be a part of. It has reputation. Just think of how valuable Craigslist would be if it had identity and reputation.). Our answer: a network.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Revenue Viral Networking 111

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2011

They dropped their number one selling product and switched to a competitor’s product while managing not to lose a single sale. I ask Naval about the concern of rising valuations and if he sees this as a potential issue with AngelList. Naval says valuations are definitely going up, but isn’t completely sure why.

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Valuation Deal Flow Lead Investor Cofounder 292

Growthink Blog

JANUARY 24, 2018

Elon Musk’s electric car maker saw its valuation grow to more than $60 billion last year, greater than that of General Motors in spite of selling 90% less cars! Tesla’s financials aren’t great, but both its capacity and reputation for breakthrough innovations has made it one of the most iconic and valuable companies in the world.

Artificial Inteligence 48

Artificial Inteligence San Francisco Valuation Reputation 48

discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

I dont control the companys valuation: if for example the company is privately-held, then the value of equity might be complicated and outside my control (you can dilute equity, reinvest any revenue instead of paying it in dividends, etc., Unethical IMO but some people make money that way.

Sweat Equity 40

Sweat Equity Equity Angel Investor Affiliate 40

David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US. Fortunately, virtually all of these local VCs want to coinvest with reputable US VCs. . Bi-national companies , which from inception have an international presence. Companies founded by immigrants.

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United States Silicon Valley Canada Offshore 60

David Teten

APRIL 30, 2018

Typically engineering, QA, and support are offshore, while CEO, sales, and marketing are in the US. Fortunately, virtually all of these local VCs want to coinvest with reputable US VCs. . Bi-national companies , which from inception have an international presence. Companies founded by immigrants.

United States 60

United States Silicon Valley Canada Offshore 60

Transformify

APRIL 12, 2020

IT team members working on the core product, sales and customer support, marketing, etc. Sadly, even reputable businesses are trying to take advantage of people in developing countries, especially if the local authorities are not paying attention to cases of exploitation. are tactics often used by the criminals. Slave Labor.

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Bangladesh Philippines Salary Cofounder 98

www.businessinsider.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

This Chart Shows Why VCs Are Willing To Give Hyped Startups Absurd Valuations. If the convertible debt has a " valuation cap " feature, the price at which the investors debt converts into shares has a maximum. The whole point is to provide a fast, easy form of financing that avoids wrestling over valuation. Sales Jobs.

Silicon Valley 54

Silicon Valley Startup Valuation Venture Capital 54

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2010

maybe I own 20% of the company) or $5 million at a $20 million post (I own 25%) shouldn’t I block that sale of a company a cheap price? Let me outline the contra viewpoint, which is never expressed openly, but it what I believe gives our industry a bad reputation. At each step you preserve your options. This is the “Patzer Problem.”

Entrepreneur 321

Entrepreneur Warrant Silicon Valley Early Stage 321

Cracking the Code

MARCH 28, 2022

As well as tripling the company’s valuation to $4 billion since January 2021, the round came as the company grew its monthly processing volumes by 5,000% in 18 months. And we’ve built a reputation here – personally and commercially – that helps us attract this talent. Back in September, the company announced its $250 million Series D.

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B2B Cofounder Small Business 62